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It's a musical so undercooked
the band doesn't bother to speak. Some might say the film's music
was so transporting they don't need to. And the spiritual wallop of songs
such as "That's the Way of the World" proved that point. ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ The first major studio version
of a slave narrative, the adaptation of Mandingo, slaps onto the screen
with its gaudy inhumanity intact. This decades-old literary sensation was adapted by Oscar-nominee
Norman Wexler, with a cast that includes James Mason
and his florid accent... Get down there
the band doesn't bother to speak. Some might say the film's music
was so transporting they don't need to. And the spiritual wallop of songs
such as "That's the Way of the World" proved that point. ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ The first major studio version
of a slave narrative, the adaptation of Mandingo, slaps onto the screen
with its gaudy inhumanity intact. This decades-old literary sensation was adapted by Oscar-nominee
Norman Wexler, with a cast that includes James Mason
and his florid accent... Get down there
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It's a musical so undercooked
the band doesn't bother to speak.
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Some might say the film's music
was so transporting they don't need to.
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And the spiritual wallop of songs
such as "That's the Way of the World"
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proved that point.
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♪ Hey, yeah ♪
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The first major studio version
of a slave narrative,
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the adaptation of Mandingo,
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slaps onto the screen
with its gaudy inhumanity intact.
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This decades-old literary sensation
00:00:28.152 --> 00:00:30.697
was adapted by Oscar-nominee
Norman Wexler,
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with a cast that includes James Mason
and his florid accent...
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Get down there.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
